Thursday, August 23, 2018

THE OLD STORY


One morning the Marquis will discover
That he's grown old and tyrannous
And that some talking animal –
Perhaps a vole this time, or a gecko
Who walks upright and sells insurance –
Plots to bring him him down. Really,
Would it have been so intolerable
To have stayed home, watching
Bits of chaff floating on the stream,
Working for his brother at the mill?

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